diff --git a/lib/include/ert/util/test_work_area.hpp b/lib/include/ert/util/test_work_area.hpp
index 0e1ed9415..41d063f62 100644
--- a/lib/include/ert/util/test_work_area.hpp
+++ b/lib/include/ert/util/test_work_area.hpp
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-char *test_work_area_alloc_input_path(const test_work_area_type *work_area,
-                                      const char *input_path);
 test_work_area_type *test_work_area_alloc(const char *test_name);
 test_work_area_type *test_work_area_alloc__(const char *test_name,
                                             bool store_area);
diff --git a/lib/util/test_work_area.cpp b/lib/util/test_work_area.cpp
index 4dac7796d..2b8b7ec71 100644
--- a/lib/util/test_work_area.cpp
+++ b/lib/util/test_work_area.cpp
@@ -269,13 +269,6 @@ test_work_area_get_original_cwd(const test_work_area_type *work_area) {
     return work_area->original_cwd().c_str();
 }
 
-char *test_work_area_alloc_input_path(const test_work_area_type *work_area,
-                                      const char *input_path) {
-    std::string relocated_input_path =
-        work_area->original_path(std::string(input_path));
-    return util_alloc_string_copy(relocated_input_path.c_str());
-}
-
 /**
    The point of this function is that the test code should be able to
    access the file @input_file independent of the fact that it has